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    Press release |

    Mega-trucks

    EU transport commissioner Siim Kallas today announced he would suspend a planned reversal of EU policy on heavier and longer trucks, so-called gigaliners, with a view to legalising their cross-border use. Speaking in the European Parliament transport committee, the commissioner stated he would recon...
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    Video |

    Nowrooz

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    Video |

    Financial transaction tax

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    Video |

    Shadow banking

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    Press release |

    Terrorism

    There is some debate about the fight against terrorism after the attacks by Mohamed M. in Toulouse. Commenting on demands by conservatives for more data retention schemes, Green home affairs expert Jan Philipp Albrecht said: "The calls by anti-terrorism bureaucrats and home affairs ministers f...
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    Press release |

    Belarus

    In response to the ongoing human rights violations and state repression in Belarus, EU foreign ministers today agreed to expand the sanctions currently in place to new entities that support the regime (1). Commenting on the outcome of the foreign affairs council, Green MEP Werner Schulz said: "...
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    News |

    Brussels Agenda

    Priorities for the Greens/EFA group this week include the democratic scale back in Hungary, the next step in the fight against ACTA, protecting passenger data, repression in Belarus, strenghtening air passenger rights and marking Document Freedom Day
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    Press release |

    Somalia/piracy

    EU foreign ministers today agreed to prolong the EU's counter-piracy mission Atalanta in Somali waters. Commenting on the decision, Reinhard Bütikofer said: "Extending the Atalanta mission involves huge risks, notably the high probability that EU military forces could be involved in causing c...
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    Press release |

    Financial transaction tax and EU budget own resources

    EU budget commissioner Lewandowski today outlined proposals in the context of the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including plans to use part of the revenue from an EU-wide financial transaction tax (FTT) to fund the EU budget. The Commission was presenting its proposals at a high...
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    Video |

    Save the fish

    We must rebuild fish stocks so that we can eat fish in the future, have healthy ocean ecosystems and sustainable jobs for fishermen. Today, three out of four fish stocks in the EU are overfished and 60 percent of the fish we eat comes from imports. The EU is reforming its fisheries policy and there is one thing we have to do: Save the fis…